Recent content by Dallas2431

Found the answer yet?

That makes sense to me. I like it. I've watched a lot of studios videos. Wish he did more talking though. I found some of his blog type videos that he did with his wife. He has a good personality and seems to be of above average intelligence.

I considered that but wasn't sure about the... shoulder?(still haven't learned all the the terminology yet) I'm talking about the part that sticks out of the shaftand is trimmed flush with the outside diameter.

Not so far. I'd have to really be paying attention to be able to tell the difference between mine and wood. I've only made 4 so I'm definitely not trying to brag. Just trying to learn. Why would g10 make it "sing"

What's a good material for the joint end of carbon fiber shafts. I've been using g10 but it's expensive and hard to tap.

Thank you everyone.

Does anyone know what tap would be used in making joint protectors for uniloc pins? I've looked online for far too long trying to find this info.

How would I go about asking that of a moderator? Unfortunately my experience was just with wood lathes until I got this one. I had never experienced the joy of having a cross slide and didn't even know taper bars were a thing lol. When I bought it I could've gotten a big jet gunsmithing lathe...

See, that would make sense in my head but after watching the porper demo video at least 3 times they never mention doing that. Watched it on YouTube before I bought it, watched it again after I bout it, then I found d what I was hoping was a different video on Mueller for like $30 and watched it...

This is fantastic info. Thank you.

I'm new here. I'm sure I'm probably posting this in the wrong area but I've searched the forum and couldn't find an answer. I need help with setting up the taper bar on a porper model B. I'm hoping there's someone in here who has or had one who understand how to get it set up and would be...